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9 Επεισόδιο
The Search for Solutions - Season 1 Episode 4 Επεισόδιο 4
An interview with David Gordon Wilson of M.I.T. who talks of trial and error as a focused learning process; an interview with Paul MacCready, designer of a flying bicycle called the "Gossamer Condor," relates the process by which the final structure of the Condor was determined; Vincent J. Schaefer recounts his accidental discovery, in 1946, of a way to eliminate the supercooling of clouds which caused airplane wings to ice; a look at the Tour de France, where cyclists and designers continually experiment with ways to increase speed; a discussion of the work of German immunologist Paul Ehrlich, who, in 1901 discovered a cure for syphilis; a scientist who looks in the ocean for organisms, avoided by others, which may contain chemicals that fight disease; and another visit to the Human Powered Championship, including interviews with designers of unusual vehicles.
- Ετος: 1980
- Χώρα: United States of America
- Είδος: Documentary
- Στούντιο: PBS
- Λέξη-κλειδί: physics, chemistry, engineering, educational
- Διευθυντής: James C. Crimmins
- Εκμαγείο: Stacy Keach
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